When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

Such is the pleasure of projecting that many content themselves with a succession of visionary schemes, and wear out their allotted time in the calm amusement of contriving what they never attempt or hope to execute.

Invention is almost the only literary labour which blindness cannot obstruct.

Those that have done nothing in life, are not qualified to judge of those that have done little

The authors that in any nation last from age to age are very few, because there are very few that have any other claim to notice than that they catch hold on present curiosity, and gratify some accidental desire, or produce some temporary conveniency.

Social sorrow loses half its pain.

Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both.